Going to the wall in Solana Beach

Solana Beach

Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times

A couple walks on along the beach at low tide in Solana Beach, past a reinforced, 40-foot-high concrete sea wall below the condominiums on South Sierra Avenue. Homeowners say the sea walls are the only way to protect their properties. They are suing over a city decision on sea wall permits.

A couple walks on along the beach at low tide in Solana Beach, past a reinforced, 40-foot-high concrete sea wall below the condominiums on South Sierra Avenue. Homeowners say the sea walls are the only way to protect their properties. They are suing over a city decision on sea wall permits. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)